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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This recipe, along with the cookies, was given to my family when I was 13, I'm now 34 - I've made these cookies every year since that 7th grade Christmas! These are crispy and fantastic! Please DON'T use imitation vanilla - that's just NOT natural! Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened |
1 cup powdered sugar |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted |
1 cup rolled oats |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
3/4 cup peppermint candy, crushed and divided |
1/2 cup powdered sugar, for rolling |
Directions:
1. Oven 325.
2. Beat together butter and powdered sugar until creamy.
3. Mix in vanilla extract.
4. Add flour, oats and salt.
5. Combine well.
6. Stir in 1/4 cup crushed candy canes.
7. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of the dough in the 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
8. Place balls about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
9. Flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern and sprinkle cookies with about 1/4 tsp of remaining crushed candy canes.
10. Bake at 325 for 18-20 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are SLIGHTLY brown.
11. Let cookies cool on the pan for about 2 minutes, and then transfer to a rack to cool.
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